the sparkling city on the sea topped with pools, food, and boow? seen in better times in these carnival ads was far from the dream vacation when the ship went dark sunday as it sailed from mexico back to galveston, texas. it started wha eed when a fire in one of the engine rooms. it burned out the four engines. >> there's no lights, no water. we can't flush. >> reporter: and barlow seen here hamming it up before boarding the triumph in galveston texted a chronicle of misery. there is sewer running down the walls and floors. we are camping on deck. passenger shelly crosby texted us we just stood in line for four hours to get a hamburger. with scant news and few images from the ship or passengers, we flew 100 miles from shore earlier today toxd find the triumph. carnival dispatched a third tug boat out today to help assist in towing the ship to port. have you ever seen anything like that? >> we're used the seeing boats out here and riggs, but as far as cruise ships in distress, no. >> reporter: we saw no visible damage, but we did see curious passeng